Divided They Stand

Are Republicans "deeply split" or "more flexible"?

With just 250 shopping days until Election Day, a New York Times/CBS News poll has good news for Republicans. Asked how they plan to vote for the House, "42 percent say they will back Republicans in November, and 39 percent indicate that they will back Democrats."

Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Megan Thee-Brenan note that's "a difference within the poll's margin of sampling error." More pertinent, however, is that this "generic ballot" question tends to overstate Democratic support. In...